The three most boring countries you've been to? (standard of living, richest)
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Belgium, just flying over it got me bored, sterile perfectly rectangular fields, sterile towns. Middle America is boring as hell for those dependent on the external stimulation. Dull people shop and then eat out, or they eat out and then shop, and sprinkle that with fornication. Take away shopping and people will go mad, there is nothing else but buying increasingly subpar junk. What is even more "exciting" - the junk is virtually identical and it is sold by identical chains, albeit at somewhat different prices. Local culture, including material culture, is virtually annihilated.
Last edited by RememberMee; 01-13-2016 at 10:10 AM..
I don't think there is a country is the world that is nothing but pure thrill all over, wherever you go. The world is not for your entertainment or your recreation, it's for the people who live and make living in it. Your thrill and enjoyment is up to you, it's your responsibility, no one owes you anything.
I am not sure how major cities are boring especially cities with numerous arts, culture, theatre, entertainment and sporting events as well as numerous other activities.
Perhaps some provincial areas are sometimes deemed less exciting but even in terms of rural areas there is usually something of unique natural or geographic interest.
I try to find something interesting wherever I go and I don't generally find new places or experiences to be boring.
There's not much on the moon but I didn't hear Neil Armstrong in his interviews saying - the moon was so boring, there was nothing to do, you couldn't even get a decent burger - LOL.
I can't think of a country at large being boring, however I can testify on places I went to that were absolutely, outrageously boring :
- Madeira
- Le Chambon sur Lignon , France
- central region, France (flat,only corn fields and high voltage poles, cold, and ugly)
-Costa Del Sol (Spain) in winter
- Normandy and Brittany coasts and interior
- Bohol island , Philippines (nothing to do save see the Chocolate Hills, spent only 2 days, thought I would die of boredom the second day)
Difficult to say which is the most boring, because I would never travel (for tourism) to a country which I perceive as boring. There are below my perceptions about each country which I visited:
1. France: I visited Paris for three times and there are still things to visit. There are also ancient castles, mountain, coastal cities, beautiful architecture, good food... definitively not boring.
2. Austria: It's somewhat like a Disneyland for those loving classical music. The country also features the beautiful alpine landscapes and wonderful architecture. For my tastes, it's the least boring country.
3. Italy: Same of France, but with a louder people.
4. Germany: The large cities may be seen as somewhat boring (although I never travelled to Berlin), but the countryside isn't, especially in the southern states. I could spend the rest of my days in some village of Bavaria.
5. Netherlands: I can only talk about Amsterdam. Beautiful city, beautiful architecture and plenty of arts, with good museums and concert halls. May be boring if we spend more than three days there.
6. Belgium: Chocolate, tapestries... that's all.
7. Switzerland: A country of wonderful landscapes with plenty of snow-topped mountains and lakes, plus an excellent food. I wouldn't say that it would be a boring country for visiting more than one week, but, like in Southern Germany, it's a place where I would like to live.
7. Britain: I can only talk about London, and for numerous reasons, it would never qualify as a boring place.
8. Argentina: It's like France, but without castles. My favourite country outside Europe.
9. Uruguay: I look it as a continuation of southern Brazil, but spanish-speaking. A cool country, but not exactly a tourism for my taste. The city of Colonia del Sacramento, in the opposite margin of RÃo de la Plata of Buenos Aires, is worthy of visit.
10. Paraguay: Maybe the most boring country which I visited. "Ciudad del Este" is a city for purchasing cheap and low quality goods, and the countryside has nothing special.
11. Brazil (my homeland): It's a country for those who love beaches, parties, sun and wild adventures, which is not my case. For the things which I like, I must admit that other countries do better. São Paulo, my city, has many issues but, definitively, it's not a boring city.
That said, the three most boring countries which I visited are, in order: Paraguay, Uruguay (after a huge gap) and then Belgium.
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